Struggling family loses home on Sarah Drive

Firefighters from the Broadway volunteer fire station were at the scene shortly before 9 a.m. where flames were rolling through the house and roof, visible to the father of one of the residents. "It got just about everything they own," said Larry Kelly Sr. Kelly Jr. and his wife, Lori, had all their possessions in the home, including an urn with ashes of Anne Kelly, his mother.

Ken Blakely, lead investigator for the Anderson County Fire Department, talks to Larry Kelly Sr. of Anderson before searching through 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson for an urn that contained the ashes of the man's deceased wife. A blaze destroyed the urn, and no trace was found.

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Broadway volunteer firefighter Kim Strickland and Ken Blakely, lead investigator for the Anderson County Fire Department, look through rubble at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson for an urn that contained the ashes of the resident's mother.

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Larry Kelly Jr. hugs his father, Larry Kelly Sr., near his wife, Lori, at the scene of a fire in on Sarah Drive Anderson that destroyed their rented home. They had just qualified for charity assistance to get power turned on at the home.

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A firefighter from the Broadway volunteer fire station sprays a flame from the roof area of a home on Sarah Drive that was destroyed early Tuesday.

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A Broadway volunteer firefighter sprays a flame from the roof of 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson while others look into the cause of the fire.

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Firefighter Kim Strickland and Fire Chief David Burnette, both of the Broadway volunteer fire station, stand at the scene of a fire Tuesday at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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Broadway volunteer firefighters look into the cause of a blaze Tuesday morning at 310 Sarah Drive.

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Kim Strickland, Broadway volunteer firefighter, tells a station engineer to turn down the water pressure a little at the scene of a fire Tuesday at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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Broadway volunteer firefighters work at the scene of a blaze Tuesday at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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David Burnette, chief of the Broadway volunteer fire station, wipes smoke from his eyes Tuesday near a house fire at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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Kim Strickland, Broadway volunteer fire station firefighter, listens to Larry Kelly Sr. of Anderson explain to her and Ken Blakely, lead fire investigator, where an urn may be in the rubble. The urn held ashes of Kelly's wife, Annie, who died three years ago of cancer.

Anderson Independent Mail

Kim Strickland, Broadway volunteer firefighter, tells a station engineer to turn down the water pressure a little at the scene of a fire Tuesday at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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A Broadway volunteer firefighter sprays a flame from the roof of 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson while others look into the cause of the fire.

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A Whitefield volunteer fireman pauses after flames were put out at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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Firefighter Michael Strickland rubs his eyes near Fire Chief David Burnette, both of the Broadway volunteer fire station, at the scene of a fire at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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David Burnette, chief of the Broadway volunteer fire station, looks into the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.

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A Whitefield volunteer fireman pauses after flames were put out at 310 Sarah Drive in Anderson.